South bay due to triple digit heat. Dangerous heat friday into the weekend. And ill have detaiwthe bay bridge commute . Its already getting busy. If you are headed out the door and you plan on taking the bay bridge, check this out. Weve got a bit of a backup kind of earlier than usual this morning. Metering lights are on. An accident near the upper deck near Treasure Island. The lanes have been cleared now but look at that backup all that red on the sensors so its a slow ride working your way out of the east bay heading into the city. A back up all the way into the maze, westbound 580 and the eastshore freeway also slow. You have got brake lights as well as you work your way on the west grant exit over to the bay bridge. And the Altamont Pass, also heating up. More on that coming up in the next report. Len . Right now, crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that have triggered flooding in parts of emeryville and berkeley. Hollis street is closed in both direc
Treasure island camera. As we look towards San Francisco and were starting off our day in some spots with mainly clear skies. Although low clouds and fog in oakland at 59. So in the 50s and 60s but check out santa rosa right now. Down to 49 degrees. So as we take you through your afternoon were going to see that sunshine. 72 in San Francisco. 79 in oakland and upper 80s in san jose. And upper 90s for concord. Well talk about that excessive heat watch for our inland locations starting tomorrow. Details on that coming up in a few minutes. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are monitoring the ongoing repairs going on in the east bay right now. After several water main breaks causing localized flooding and we have hundreds of tht warvicei this is in both emeryville and west berkeley. It looks like east bay m. U. D. May have overpressurized the system in an area where the pipes were just too old to handle it. So the cause is still under investigation in emeryville. This is in the
Up inland, milder around the bay and cooler around the coast. Here is the Treasure Island camera with the bay bridge and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s. There are low clouds and areas of fog around the coast and catching clearing for most of us. Midsixties in san frano, and n ttle babage foofye. Wl cool do details on that her coming up in just a few minutes. We are keeping our eye on the situation going on in portland where yesterday there was another demonstration, the 60th straight night that they had protests against police and racism. Crowds have been much laer pas thar the stice center and ning send additional 100 federal agents to portland and he has other on standby for other cities. Here is capitol hill where today, attorney general william barr is going to tell the House Judiciary Committee that the unrest in portland is a quote installed on the government of the u. S. According to a copy of his prepared remarks. Now, oakland, this evening, the city council is
Pandemic, a lot of you wondering, including me, what the chances are of getting sick on a plane from covid19 . As weve gone through this, we havent seen a lot of studies on this until now. I saw this very interesting study done recently by professor at m. I. T. And look, chances of catching covid19 from an airplane, what does your Research Show . First of all, no one knows exact exactly, the issue is whether or not important from the safety perspective to keep the middle seat empty, some airlines like delta, jetblue, southwest are keeping the middle seat empty on their planes, the narrowbody planes. Whereas america, united and spiritre fildle seat. Alaska is also keeping the middle seat empty. I know its an important airline in san francisco, and i remember thinking its very rare, extraordinarily rare that u. S. Airlines differ overtly on a matter related to safety. Anyway, so i tried various approximations, which im glad to describe the interminable lens and if youre on a plane, like
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove